Unbelievable but slightly suspicious i'm assuming that guy is Irish judging by the name. Funnily enough iv'e had about 3 different Irish guys on twitter in the past month or so coming out with the same stuff. Engage them in a real debate and they can't offer anything other than what he said there and the nice guy stuff. There's some serious fake PR afoot on his behalf, a sure sign they are trying damage limitation. Probably stems from his agents if i had to bet on it. What is undeniable now is the majority of fans who post on various platforms think he's completely lost it.

With half a season to turn it round ? Never, they are deluded and they just love people who feed that by the spade load. Him, them and a loony lump of our fans would still be talking play offs once he turns the 0-1's into 1-0's.

I was convinced of that when GB was here never mind Mowbray, who has taken it to a new level, then doubled it. Quite ridiculous at times and the only conclusion is there must be a lot of appearance weighted contracts at Rovers these days. Add in appearances trigger certain clauses, bonuses and contract extensions as well. Not hard to suspect it's all part of this humanitarians keep em all happy and onside policy. He pretty much did what i predicted last night throwing back in his old favs. Who nearly to a man repaid him with stinkers. Any manager worth his salt who constantly spins about journeys, building and young teams, would be putting the blocks in place for next season right now. Get his players out there in the starting 11 and get drilling the system into them. Great opportunity for that for every game post Derby till end of season. Not this guy though got to look after his favourites in a shop window or get enough appearances in job. Bennett should be nowhere near it now, Evans should always be 2nd choice. It just adds fuel to the fire of the complete verbal crap he spouts.

I wouldn't bet on it i think they've just lost interest again and heads have gone firmly back in the sand. That seems to be the pattern with them so summer brings either as you were or they leave it to the finance men and we have a fire sale and another impending relegation. The review, restructure and genuine attempt to move forwards, since the last one, we all crave and the club badly needs remains a very long shot imo.

I think we could go back 18 months and he was similar then, looking forlorn, knackered, confused. Talking about being away from his family (1.5 hrs away), how he didn't like letting players down when they trained hard all week, how it would be nice to have a two week break etc. All that was mid season when we were struggling again. The guy is done at this level, i think he pretty much made his mind up back then he was just going to plod on without much of a toss and whatever will be will be. Despite some bold words as usual in summer pretty much everything since then has backed up that theory. To be fair it's been a right old slog for everybody with the pandemic but they still had plenty down time. However all the signs were there a few years ago with this fella he's just settled into a plod. Then when his tree was shaken a while back he didn't like it, now he's between a rock and a hard place but the solution is simple.

He's an arsehole that's what he is, a very very lucky one, to have such idiots filling his bank account every month. Whilst he sits there insulting fans intelligence and dragging moral into the dirt before next season. No other club would put up with this, none.

The fat lady has sung, the fat man needs to act !

If the development stuff was genuinely true he'd play all our own players from now. He won't though he'll look after the loan boys and give games to the ones he's helping find another club when their contracts here finish. Everything he says and everything he does are at opposite ends of the sales job he keeps pushing. Just get our kids out there and the ones we expect to be here next season. No need nor sense for anything else, that fits the development theme, it'll be shown to be bull again though. Mowbrays benevolent camp he's running here looking after everybody with someone elses money. Doesn't matter where we finish and he says he doesn't look at the table and is only bothered about individuals. Well prove it then in the last games otherwise you are proving your words as fraudulent.

Basically the owners have been underwriting the bills whilst still finding enough room to give this manager and his cronies some competitive wages and funds for transfers. Now though with promotion still nowhere in sight it needs a big cash injection from somewhere above and beyond the millions put in just to get by. This is where Waggot and co have spotted their chance to cook up the training ground scheme. We also need a management set up that maximizes what we do have compared to some others. Not one that cries about what we don't have continually and keeps implying he can deliver but only if he gets this/that/the gate post and the other, only to find something else to then blame his floundering on.

Not listened to the interview but by the sounds of it he went off on another humanitarian waffle when asked about the proposed Super League. Some of what he was saying was probably correct but there's a time and place to start going on about the pandemic again and peoples lives. To me that just sums him up he puts a sob story spin on everything from a football pitch to a simple question not club related. It really is no wonder he has the owners ear he's a walking sermon these days. It's also no wonder he's no ruthlessness in his body or a winning mentality to drill into his players. A career with a white dog collar on awaits him, he'd be good at that. Instead of being intent on dumbing down the club to make it easier for him and everybody to manage, he really really should hand over the reigns to someone who has a decent amount of drive and ambition for a little bit more.

He needs an Indian foot up his own arse, about once a week next season if he's still here. The most complacent manager in our history.

Easy win for pressure free Tony and his boys there seems a bit more life about him again now with the end in sight. Like a tired old hound who knows it's owner is coming up the path. Weds 1 Rovers 3

It would be nice if someone had the brains and balls to point out some of this stuff to him when the verbals are spilling out unchecked. The way Brentford are set up and run allows managerial changes without too much uphevel. Similar probably at Barnsley another of his 'inspirations', then there's Leeds who had to move through a few to get one good enough for promotion. We can also chuck in Sheff Utd who got a manager who bounced them through from lge 1 to the Prem. Now he's gone as they look to regroup and go again. Then there's a team called Middlesbrough who had to sack an under performer in order to take the next big step forwards. He might have heard of that one. The propagandagraph wouldn't dare point any of this out though. Maybe they know it's pointless because unlike the afformentionds he has the inside of this club stitched up just how he wants it.

He was the one who insisted on slow build if his own words a few years ago are to be believed. Now he's giving the sob story the league is being left behind by the parachute money clubs. It's always been the case and its always been the case you stand still you get left behind. A right visionary isn't he.

The fact that it hasn't come to fruition isn't really the issue for most, as it was always a very long shot under him anyway. The fact he wasted an entire season transitioning then has wasted this one with the style hes transitioned to. The fact his 12 million pounds worth of forwards still look worth a third of that combined. The fact we've won just 2 out of 16, dropped like a stone until we finally find a team worse than us we can beat. And the fact he's still here preparing to carry on the same next season.... All those really are the issues.

He's just going to go through all the same old spin again it's like it's scripted. Needs defenders - didn't sign any Needs quality - Had 12 million, didn't sign any. Needs windows - Had loads of them and we are now further away than ever. Needs experience - Got wages for Holtby, Johnson, Downing x2, Trybull, Ayala & Douglas. Needs transition to possession - 2 wins in 16 and nearly ended up in relegation fight. Needs new pitch - But others kept beating us on the same bit of ground. Needs new training ground - I'm not even commenting on that one. Now he needs 100 million or another 10 windows. Anybody who buys into this still either needs therapy or hasn't really been around Rovers long enough to form any other opinions. Like i said originally - Just #### off !

The flannel has started again, not having this fabled 100 million doesn't mean we should be so so far away from it every season. Also he's had several death spirals here and not been sacked so if someone else takes over why should they be unless we are starring relegation in the face ? That's something that has been a real threat the second half of this season. If it wasn't for the points gained in a few spectacular early wins before his system got sussed that's exactly where we'd be. Stick that up your identity ! Parachute money has always given well run and managed clubs in this league an edge of the others. That didn't start in the last few years just to throw a spanner in his works, it's always been that way. Just means others with decent means - like us - have to be more organized, work harder EVERY game, be very astute with signings and the main thing, be better managed. That's what gives you a chance otherwise why bother. He's set to ramp it up in the coming weeks with more bluff and bluster as he carries on without a care in the world. Then he'll be hoisting the white flag again by December. Why is he even making these comments anyway - unchallenged as usual. He doesn't look at the table and doesn't care about the team as long as he thinks individuals are performing and developing. He told us so just last week. Just #### OFF !

After those words we've basically flopped for a season and a half that has been difficult for every club and person in the land not just Blackburn. A few good results either end of the restart, a few spectacular ones early doors this time and possibly a few at the end. A whole dose of nothingness inbetween alongside weekly excuses and spin. Yet backing in the summer we'd probably no right to expect given the circumstances. Gone into this season with strongest squad in depth he's had here and we've had for years, didn't have Ayala last season and managed most of it without Dack, same as this one. Flopped badly no two ways about it and no logbook of excuses can cover it all. Expect more nonsense as this season rolls to a close. Time is way past being up.

We are firmly at the crossroads now, we've stuck in the past with stability and empty words. Now it's time to twist it's as simple as that. I'd rather land in the middle of the division somewhere at least looking like we've had a genuine go for most of it. Than go round in the inevitable circles we have been with an attitude of 'oh well it is what it is' whilst some feather their own needs and we end up midtable anyway. We need some va va voom back in the club.

Not my first choice but in terms of realistic doable choices, that even this lot should manage, then maybe Ainsworth is worth seriously considering, I would never pay silly compen or give him a daft contract but he's probably not on much down there. So a modest wage, 2 yr deal with rolling option and the same backing the midtable Messiah is wasting and lets see what he can do. It certainly wouldn't represent a serious financial gamble if he'd take up the offer. Can't see we'd have much to lose either as at the very least he'd do similar to Mowbray. Then at least it is a new voice and some new ideas and we could see how someone else would utilize this squad. If it didn't work then fair enough, you don't know until you try and what's to lose compared to the last couple of seasons ?

A new contract for him means relegation at some point in the next couple of years. Alongside the lowest average gates since 1990. Some idiots amongst our fanbase are still deluded enough to think we are still going to go upwards under him and Waggot. They've no intention of trying for that even if funds and the platform is there. Are the owners still stupid enough to buy this ? Yes probably especially when being they are doubtless being fed propaganda by the guys safety buffer CEO and his agency. Helped bizarrely by the naive urchins who claim they want change but run around compiling stats that give the illusion his system is actually working. You couldn't make it up, then again you don't need to with these guys around and Venkys at the helm.

The only identity most Rovers fans need is a regular team in the blue and white with a clear plan for punching as high up as they can. Delivered by a manager with clear instructions and his own clear ambition. Most other stuff will be forgiven as just part and parcel of football, if it's obvious they are having a go week in week out. I think most felt that was the case a few years ago. Over the last few seasons though its becoming more and more like we just exist for other peoples benefit again. I'll bring x & y in just because i can, I'll do this this way and that that way and i'm not bothered how it works out as long as me and the players are happy and so on and so forth. The only thing that has changed more than the narrative in the last 2 seasons is the team on a game by game basis. Just what is it actually all about ? Because we are straight back to the days no one can give a straight answer. The hierarchy is looking befuddled and exposed again and the ownership as detached and directionless as ever.

It's the social media era though and consider the agency/s connected with Rovers. All far too obvious at times there are propaganda machines at play. Facebook and twitter and especially the LT is where they thrive. Not as easy on forums where most know what they are talking about and quickly rip them to shreds. PR companies have paid people who take this stuff on and run multiple accounts. When you get into a row with some of these opinions that just seem opposite for the sake of it about 50% of the time you'll find them to clearly be bullshitters with an agenda but no real other SM presence. There's a reason they rarely pitch up on the likes of here, i had 2 trolling me yesterday on twitter. Both jumping to Mowbrays defense but their tag lines being 'done great things here', 'nice guy he shouldn't get stick'. Yet when engaged in actual football matters neither could offer any kind of argument or point. It always went straight back to the same thing, being offended on his behalf because he was getting stick. Half of them are cranks not real rovers fans and that's a fact. Some somewhere are fighting against the tide on his behalf and someones request. I'm sure it happens at other places as well.

I'll never get people, young or older, switching teams. Sorry but it's just not an option i'm afraid. I can exclude kids who are so easily swayed by tv football but to just up sticks to another club you're fond of because your so called 1st love is now a bit crap ...? Nah, you might stop attending or just get totally fed up with football but hiking off to watch someone else miles away. Poor show really but each to their own i suppose in this era it's seen as more of an acceptable thing.